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Neosho County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Neosho County, Kansas: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Neosho County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Neosho County spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 103 hours, about 4.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.8 minutes.

Neosho County holds about 0.5% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Neosho County would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,281 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area One-Way Commute Daily Round-Trip Yearly Time Spent Estimated Yearly Cost Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Neosho County 12.4 min 24.8 min 103 hrs/yr $3,202 703
Kansas 17.2 min 34.4 min 143 hrs/yr $4,448 662
United States 22.4 min 44.8 min 187 hrs/yr $5,790 1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: Kansas Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Kansas
  1. Wichita County (7.0 min)
  2. Scott County (7.1 min)
  3. Greeley County (7.2 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Kansas
  1. Linn County (31.3 min)
  2. Miami County (30.8 min)
  3. Jefferson County (30.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Neosho County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 12.4 minutes to get to work in Neosho County. That's 45% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Neosho County

  • Car: 89.6%
  • Worked at Home: 7.7%
  • Walked: 1.8%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Public Transportation: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Neosho County, versus 0.1% in Kansas.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Neosho County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.

Biking is essentially absent in Neosho County, versus 0.3% in Kansas.

Commute Mode Trends in Neosho County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Neosho County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Walked Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 90.2% 2.9% 5.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.2%
2010 89.4% 3.4% 5.1% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.4%
2011 90.4% 4.2% 3.1% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.7%
2012 90.2% 3.9% 2.8% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
2013 90.6% 3.9% 2.2% 1.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8% 1.0%
2014 93.1% 2.9% 1.9% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.9%
2015 92.5% 2.8% 2.5% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.8%
2016 93.1% 2.3% 2.8% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.8%
2017 93.3% 2.6% 2.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.7%
2018 94.5% 2.4% 2.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.5%
2019 94.0% 3.1% 1.7% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.5%
2020 94.1% 3.3% 1.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
2021 91.7% 5.8% 1.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2022 92.0% 5.6% 1.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2023 89.7% 7.5% 1.9% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 89.6% 7.7% 1.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2018 at 94.5% and lowest in 2010 at 89.4%. Overall it fell from 90.2% in 2009 to 89.6% in 2024, down 0.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Neosho County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2024, up 4.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.0% to 1.8% of workers (down 3.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Neosho County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Neosho County?

The bars show when commuters in Neosho County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Kansas for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
19.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.6%

Neosho County Kansas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Neosho County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are more common than in Kansas: 17.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Kansas's: 53.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.6%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Neosho County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Neosho County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Neosho County next to Kansas and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Neosho County Kansas United States
2009 7:30 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:28 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:24 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:32 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:32 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:29 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:32 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:22 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:33 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:24 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Neosho County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kansas, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Neosho County now leave 14 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Neosho County has moved 8 minutes earlier.

How does Neosho County's commute time compare?

Metric Neosho County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 12.4 min 17.2 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 7.7% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 1.8% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.2% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Neosho County is 12.4 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Neosho County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Neosho County, KS is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 15,656 residents against a local median of 12,483. Where Neosho County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 30% above the local median of 5.9% at 7.7%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 12.4 min against a local median of 15.4 min, 19% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 19% below the local median it puts Neosho County, KS at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 2.7% on work from home, so Neosho County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Neosho County, KS has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Neosho County, KS 15,656 12.4 min #1/6 7.7% #1/6 7:24 AM #2/6
Allen County, KS 12,483 15.4 min 6.9% 7:30 AM
Labette County, KS 19,869 12.5 min 6.8% 7:34 AM
Wilson County, KS 8,505 16.4 min 4.2% 7:11 AM
Crawford County, KS 39,008 12.9 min 5.9% 7:41 AM
Woodson County, KS 3,109 18.1 min 4.4% 7:38 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Neosho County, Kansas.

Is commuting expensive in Neosho County, Kansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 103 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,202 at a typical national wage. That's 28% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Neosho County, Kansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Neosho County, Kansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How do commute times compare across counties in Kansas?

Among counties in Kansas, the shortest average commutes are in Wichita County (7.0 min), Scott County (7.1 min), Greeley County (7.2 min). The longest are in Linn County (31.3 min), Miami County (30.8 min), Jefferson County (30.3 min).